Stolen Children
Original title: Il ladro di bambini / The Stolen Children
1992 · 1 h 54 min
Directed by 
Gianni Amelio
Gianni AmelioCast
Enrico Lo Verso Valentina Scalici Giuseppe Ieracitano
Credits
Written by: Gianni Amelio
Plot
A young carabiniere escorts a young prostitute and her brother across Italy to an orphanage, and comes to care for them.
Sinekatalog’s take
Gianni Amelio's drama follows a young carabiniere escorting two abused children across Italy to an orphanage. Enrico Lo Verso is superb in a quiet, compassionate and unsentimental road film that won Cannes' Grand Jury Prize.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (3,144 votes)
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